What's going on?
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What's going on?
There are some weird fragmented emails going around (I'm not the only person getting them) from unknown people, such as this one:
general I have no fear of the patrol guards in daytime, but they could
Without warning, Chiang vanished and appeared at the water's edge
You bet I did! Of course, he was just trying to humor me. The third
considered what is now called the Pilman Radiant?"
and this one:
from one edge of the burnt-out grass to the other, but in his blindness and
him, enveloping his body like a sheet soaked in boiling water. Sweat poured
lower lip was split. But all in all, okay.
There are no attachments, no links to click on, nothing but these fragmented paragraphs. Anybody have an idea why they are sent and for what purpose?
general I have no fear of the patrol guards in daytime, but they could
Without warning, Chiang vanished and appeared at the water's edge
You bet I did! Of course, he was just trying to humor me. The third
considered what is now called the Pilman Radiant?"
and this one:
from one edge of the burnt-out grass to the other, but in his blindness and
him, enveloping his body like a sheet soaked in boiling water. Sweat poured
lower lip was split. But all in all, okay.
There are no attachments, no links to click on, nothing but these fragmented paragraphs. Anybody have an idea why they are sent and for what purpose?
I haven't seen those but I delete any e-mails I get if it's not from someone I know.
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I'm not sure but I think emails like this have been around a long time. Used to be, they'd have what looked like a list of key-words for some kind of strange index; now they seem to use snippets of prose from somewhere (or maybe it's just computer-generated fake prose).
As I understand it, these serve the purpose of verifying email addresses. There are sometimes hidden auto-receipt scripts in them, so if you open them (or maybe if they're just delivered) it tells the sender that, yes, this is a valid email address.
The structure of the email itself is designed to foil spam filters that look for sales pitches, key words (like Viagra and so on), and other identifiable spam signatures. By getting past your spam filter and verifying your address, they can update their mailing lists. HPH
As I understand it, these serve the purpose of verifying email addresses. There are sometimes hidden auto-receipt scripts in them, so if you open them (or maybe if they're just delivered) it tells the sender that, yes, this is a valid email address.
The structure of the email itself is designed to foil spam filters that look for sales pitches, key words (like Viagra and so on), and other identifiable spam signatures. By getting past your spam filter and verifying your address, they can update their mailing lists. HPH
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Originally Posted by DrCloud,Jul 12 2006, 12:43 PM
The structure of the email itself is designed to foil spam filters that look for sales pitches, key words (like Viagra and so on), and other identifiable spam signatures. By getting past your spam filter and verifying your address, they can update their mailing lists. HPH
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Originally Posted by DrCloud,Jul 12 2006, 03:43 PM
I'm not sure but I think emails like this have been around a long time. Used to be, they'd have what looked like a list of key-words for some kind of strange index; now they seem to use snippets of prose from somewhere (or maybe it's just computer-generated fake prose).
As I understand it, these serve the purpose of verifying email addresses. There are sometimes hidden auto-receipt scripts in them, so if you open them (or maybe if they're just delivered) it tells the sender that, yes, this is a valid email address.
The structure of the email itself is designed to foil spam filters that look for sales pitches, key words (like Viagra and so on), and other identifiable spam signatures. By getting past your spam filter and verifying your address, they can update their mailing lists. HPH
As I understand it, these serve the purpose of verifying email addresses. There are sometimes hidden auto-receipt scripts in them, so if you open them (or maybe if they're just delivered) it tells the sender that, yes, this is a valid email address.
The structure of the email itself is designed to foil spam filters that look for sales pitches, key words (like Viagra and so on), and other identifiable spam signatures. By getting past your spam filter and verifying your address, they can update their mailing lists. HPH
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From: Bowie
Originally Posted by Morris,Jul 12 2006, 03:12 PM
Thanks for the answers. Now does anybody know how to respond so that the sender's computer blows up and leaves only a mushroom cloud where it used to be?